Snap problem

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by MRH

According to our state rep. for the NFHS this is either a snap infraction by A, if A did not snap the ball in one-continuous motion or encroachment by B.

If this came from NFHS, then I suspect the point is that the covering official must in the general case judge whether the snapper committed a snap infraction that prompted B's slapping the ball.

That answer addresses a more general case than the one in the OP, which does not mention the possibility of a snap infraction. It is still useful in answering the OP, however, where the officials incorrectly penalized a delay of game foul.

Whatever the foul, B slaps a dead ball and cannot possibly recover it. And, again, in my game unless we have a snap infraction B gets to make this "mistake" just once before being penalized 15 yards.